where he looked after the Ultra Tile brand across the South East.
BRE ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR
OF BREEAM Ethical and sustainable construction champion Dr Shamir Ghumra has taken on a new role at helm of BREEAM – the leading international portfolio of sustainability standards (including CEEQUAL and Home Quality Mark) that has been driving global improvements in buildings and infrastructure for over two decades.
Formerly Director of Sustainable Products at BRE, Shamir has a strong background in ethical construction, leading on the development of BRE Global’s Ethical Labour Standard BES 6002 as a way for organisations to evaluate and eradicate modern slavery from their supply chains.
Shamir said: “I am very pleased to take on this role as Director of BRE Global’s flagship sustainability certification scheme BREEAM which is now being actively applied to buildings in over 70 countries around the world. I look forward to meeting and working with our many partners, assessors and international clients as we collectively use BREEAM to build a better world together benefitting people, businesses and our planet."
BRE’s Acting CEO Niall Trafford said: "Shamir has a formidable track record in sustainability. I have no doubt that BREEAM will greatly benefit from his knowledge, international experience and his strong beliefs in driving business ethics, sustainability and responsible growth.”
Previous to joining BRE, Shamir was Principal Consultant at Responsible Solutions and Head of Sustainability at Aggregate Industries. He is also a board member and co-founder of the Supply Chain Sustainability School and a Fellow of Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.
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Before joining Instarmac, Todd spent 11 years as Area Sales Manager for Lyreco UK Ltd.
Todd will work with distributors, contractors and fixers in the South East, helping to drive through sales and brand awareness.
Mark is from West Yorkshire and has recently joined us from CTD Architectural Tiles (formally Swedecor) where he was an Area Sales Manager. Previously with Porcelanosa, Mark also spent 15 years at Jacuzzi Group.
BAL BOLSTERS SALES TEAM
WITH TWO NEW HIRES BAL has strengthened their sales team with the appointments of Todd Misselbrook and Mark Blamires.
Todd joins BAL as Area Sales Manager for the South East and Mark joins as Specification Manager for the North respectively. Hailing from Southampton, Todd has a vast amount of experience as an Area Sales Manager and has recently joined from Instarmac Group PLC
CARBON SAVING CHANGES FOR CARPET
AND FLOORING Carpet and Flooring, a distributor of flooring products designed specifically for the healthcare, commercial, education and residential sectors, has made a commitment to reduce carbon use within the industry by rerouting the delivery journeys its fleet of HGVs takes each day.
Used for thousands of deliveries per week, by rerouting journeys, Carpet and Flooring will be able to reduce miles travelled by 200,000 per year, resulting in an estimated reduction of 216 tonnes of CO2 annually. The rerouting of its deliveries will mean Carpet and Flooring can take three vehicles off the road and also reduce general stem mileage, whilst having no impact on deliveries to customers.
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Mark will work closely with architects, specifiers, contractors, sub- contractors and fixers to deliver full tiling solutions and specifications for commercial and domestic projects across the North of England.
David Lyman, Sales Director at Building Adhesives Ltd, said: “I am delighted to welcome two highly experienced sales and specification specialists into our sales team.
“Both Todd and Mark know tiling inside and out and I am confident they will deliver outstanding support to our distribution partners, contractors, architects and end users.”
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developing its routing and scheduling system, which will further reduce stem mileage of each vehicle, consequently upgrading its fleet to new and more efficient Euro 6 engine vehicles creating further carbon savings.
The changes have been made as part of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), an energy assessment scheme for organisations in the UK. Carpet and Flooring has also been working to ISO 14001, the international standard that specifies requirements for an effective environmental management system.
Lisa Tomlin, CEO of Carpet and Flooring, said: “When we looked at how much carbon we were using on deliveries, we knew something had to change. Simply by rerouting our journeys, we have been able to reduce our mileage significantly, creating huge carbon savings.
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